Locomotive ash-pan.



W. -W. SYKES. LOGQMOTIVE ASH PAN. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17. 1910.

Patented June 21 1910.

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WILLIAIVI WHITE SYKES, OF MANCHESTER, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR. OF ONE-THIRDTO WILLIAM H. OWENS, OF MANCHESTER, VIRGINIA, AND ONE-THIRD TO LAWRENCECASSELlVIAN, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

LOCOMOTI'VE ASH-PAN.

Application filed January 17, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM WHITE SYKEs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Manchester, in the county of Chesterfield andState of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLocomotive Ash-Pans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in ash pans especially designed forlocomotive use, although the invention may be embodied in ash-pans forother purposes, and the invention includes improvements in the dumpingbottoms of the ash-pan and especially improvements in the means forwashing off the rocking sections of the dumping bottom; and theinvention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations ofparts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side view of a double ash-pan provided withmy improvements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof on about line22 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a cross section on about line 3-3 of Figs. 1 and2 and Figs. 4 and 5 are end views illustrating the invention applied tosomewhat different forms of ash-pans from that shown in Figs. 1, 2 and3.

In Fig. 1, I illustrate the invention embodied in a double ash-pan forlocomotive use, while in Figs. 4 and 5 I illustrate it for use inconnection with single ash-pans and manifestly the invention may beembodied in any of the ordinary forms of ash-pans for locomotives orother use without departing from some of the principles of my invention.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the rocking sections of the bottom are journaled onaxes arranged at a right angle to the direction of length of theash-pan, while in Figs. 4 and 5 the axes of the rocking sections are inthe direction of length of the ashpans. Also in Figs. 4 and 5 I providea somewhat different arrangement of operating means forrocking thebottom sections from that shown in Fig. 1.

The ash-pan A, see Fig. 1, may generally be of ordinary construction andit has its bottom provided with rocking sections in the form of plates Bwhich are pivoted at B so they may be rocked as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 2 and these sections when closed as shown in full lines inFig. 2 rest close together at their meeting edges Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 538,396.

with their outer edges underlying stops or abutments G and the inneredge of one of the sections B is provided on its upper side with anextension. B which overlaps the meeting edge of the other section. Thisconstruction is best shown in Fig. 2 and is important as it operates tocause the bottom to close and be held closed by the weight of thesuperimposed material. In dumping, the bottom sections may be rockedfrom the full line position shown in Fig. 2 to the dotted line positionindicated in Figs. 1 and 2 and in doing this, I employ an operatingdevice which I will now describe.

The sections B are provided with crank arms D whose outer ends areconnected by links E with a slide rod F movable longitudinally in guidesG on the pan A and connected with one arm H of the bell crank lever Hwhose other arm II is connected by a rod I with an intermediate lever Jconnected by a link K with a hand lever L which can be convenientlyoperated to rock the dumping sections of the bottom, the bottom sectionsof both pans shown in Fig. 1 being connected up with the intermediatelever J so the lever L may be operated to dump the sections of both pansas will be understood from Fig. 1 of the drawing.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I employ a somewhat similar operating construction tothat in Fig. 4, the dumping sections therein being provided with cranks1 connected by links 2 with a slide rod 3 whose upper end is connectedwith a crank arm 4 on a shaft 5 having a handle 6.

In Fig. 5 the dumping sections are arranged in two pairs and areprovided with crank arms 10 connected by links 11 with rods 12 whoseupper ends connect with the outer ends of levers 13 whose adjacent endsare connected by a link 14 with a crank on a shaft 15 having a handle16, the pivots at 23 of the lever 13 being sufficiently loose to permitthe operation of the levers 13 by the rod 14 as will be understood bythose skilled in the art.

An important feature of my invention is the cinder extinguishing andwash-out con struction which I will now describe in connection with theself-dumping pans as thereby I furnish a self-dumping and self-cleaningconstruction. In carryin out this feature of my invention, I provi e thepansin the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 with pipes M whichextend parallel with the axis of the rocking bottom sections and areperforated with the perforations so disposed, see Fig. 2, as todischarge upon the sides of the pan and particularly upon the innerupper edges of the rocking bottom sections when the latter are opened asindicated in dotted lines in Fig. '2. By this Construction the bottomsections are washed off and the ashes that may remain in the pan arewashed out leaving the pan clear and clean for subsequent operations.

The pipes M may be connected with the overflow from the injector or mayreceive their supply of water from the tender tank or they may whendesired, be coupled up with the boiler should it be desirable todischarge steam into the pan. The discharge of steam or water or steamand Water mixed will be found useful in extinguishing any fire that mayremain in the ashes and this operation may be carried out preliminary todumping the ashes after which the pipes may be operated to cleanse thepan and the bottom sections as before described.

Manifestly the dampers or openings for draft can be made to suit themanufacturers of the locomotives upon which the pans may be used as somemanufacturers like the draft opening at the sides, some at the front andback and others at both sides, front and back, and the bottom sectionsof the pan may be operated by air, steam or water pressure cylinders ifdesired, instead of hand power.

I claim:

1. A double ash pan having its ash-pans spaced apart and provided withrocking bottom sections, cranks on said bottom sections, slide rods,links connecting the slide rods with the cranks of their respectivebottom sections, bell crank levers one for each of said pans and each ofsaid levers having one arm connected with the slide rod of itsrespective pan, a pivoted lever between the said bell cranks, and rodsconnecting the levers with the bell cranks whereby to oper ate the same,substantially as set forth.

2. An ash pan having rocking bottom sections pivoted between their edgeswhereby they may be elevated at one edge in the open position of thesections, combined with perforated pipes arranged above said sectionsand extending parallel wit-h the direction of length of the sections,the latter being so related to the-perforated pipes that when the bottomsections are tilted to open position the upper edge of the said bottomsections will be moved to a point approximately below and adjacent tothe perforated pipes whereby the latter will discharge to the upperedges of the sections when the latter are open, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination of spaced apart ashpans provided with rocking bottomsections, cranks in connection with said sections, slide rods, linksconnecting the slide rods with the cranks of their respective bottomsections, bell crank levers, one for each of said pans and each of saidlevers having one arm connected with the slide rod of its respectivepan, and an operating device connected with the bell crank levers.

WILLIAM WHITE SYKES.

Witnesses:

C. F. MANN, M. C. MANN.

